{"id":84008,"date":"2020-04-15T06:35:15","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T12:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=84008"},"modified":"2020-04-15T13:08:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T19:08:55","slug":"great-horned-owls-and-a-tradition-of-old-granaries-on-the-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/15\/great-horned-owls-and-a-tradition-of-old-granaries-on-the-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Horned Owls And A Tradition Of Old Granaries On The Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dudleys have been building granaries on the Montana farm for at least 90 years. Without the oldest ones owls wouldn’t exist on the farm.<\/p>\n<p><em>Veteran followers of Feathered Photography may have already seen many of these photos, though not all of them. But this time I’m providing much more context.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10390\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/15\/great-horned-owls-on-the-montana-family-farm\/great-horned-owl-1767-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/great-horned-owl-1767-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"8","credit":"","camera":"Canon EOS 40D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1244143373","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.0025","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"great horned owl 1767 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/great-horned-owl-1767-ron-dudley-300x240.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/great-horned-owl-1767-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10390 size-full\" title=\"great-horned-owl-1767-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/great-horned-owl-1767-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/great-horned-owl-1767-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/great-horned-owl-1767-ron-dudley-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/great-horned-owl-1767-ron-dudley-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/great-horned-owl-1767-ron-dudley-400x320.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were no owls on the farm when I was growing up there as a kid. But as the years passed the two adjacent Dudley farms (owned by my family and my uncle’s family) were incorporated into a single farm. Eventually far fewer people were living out there so Great Horned Owls found the old granaries to be inviting places to live and raise their families. They’ve now been there for decades.<\/p>\n<p>The older granaries were built by my grandfather beginning in 1929-30 with help from his two sons, my Dad and my uncle..Dad and uncle Floyd eventually bought the farm and split it between them and began building their own granaries in the early 1940’s. As older granaries were largely abandoned and new ones built owls began to live in the older ones. And they’re still there.<\/p>\n<p>This is a mated pair of adults in one of the auger cutouts of what we always called “the big granary”. The smaller male is on the left.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-1811.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1041\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/10\/great-horned-owl-fledglings-and-juveniles\/great-horned-owl-1811\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-1811.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,725\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"Fledgling at base of granary\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-1811-300x241.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-1811.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1041 size-full\" title=\"great-horned-owl-1811 ron dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-1811.jpg\" alt=\"Fledgling at base of granary\" width=\"900\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-1811.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-1811-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-1811-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-1811-400x322.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the early summer fledged chicks are often found exploring the base of some of the old granaries. These little guys really get around – you never know where one or more of them will turn up, especially in the early morning.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1042\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/10\/great-horned-owl-fledglings-and-juveniles\/great-horned-owl-1755\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-1755.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"875,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"Yawning Great Horned Owl fledgling\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-1755-291x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-1755.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1042 size-full\" title=\"great-horned-owl-1755 ron dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-1755.jpg\" alt=\"Yawning Great Horned Owl fledgling\" width=\"875\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-1755.jpg 875w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-1755-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-1755-145x150.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-1755-400x411.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here’s a slightly older fledged chick at the base of one of the granaries. This may look like a threat posture but it’s only a yawn.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/owl-granary-9928-ron-dudley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33161\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/05\/montana-farm-potpourri\/owl-granary-9928-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/owl-granary-9928-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"7.1","credit":"Ron Dudley","camera":"Canon EOS 7D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1437807347","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.003125","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"owl granary 9928 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/owl-granary-9928-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/owl-granary-9928-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33161 size-full\" title=\"owl-granary-9928-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/owl-granary-9928-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/owl-granary-9928-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/owl-granary-9928-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/owl-granary-9928-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/owl-granary-9928-ron-dudley-400x286.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This auger cutout is one of their favorite morning perches because it faces south and away from the hubbub often associated with the rest of the farm buildings.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"36000\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/21\/the-events-and-the-birds-that-hooked-me-on-bird-photography\/old-granary-0353-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/old-granary-0353-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"unknown","camera":"Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1179447670","copyright":"","focal_length":"100","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.00125","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"old granary 0353 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/old-granary-0353-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/old-granary-0353-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36000 size-full\" title=\"old-granary-0353-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/old-granary-0353-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/old-granary-0353-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/old-granary-0353-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/old-granary-0353-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/old-granary-0353-ron-dudley-400x286.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The owls loved this old granary but it was on top of a hill and the fierce Montana winds eventually blew it down.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"84015\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/15\/great-horned-owls-and-a-tradition-of-old-granaries-on-the-farm\/great-horned-owl-4175b-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/great-horned-owl-4175b-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"unknown","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"great-horned-owl-4175b ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/great-horned-owl-4175b-ron-dudley-300x250.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/great-horned-owl-4175b-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-84015 size-full\" title=\"great-horned-owl-4175b-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/great-horned-owl-4175b-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/great-horned-owl-4175b-ron-dudley.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/great-horned-owl-4175b-ron-dudley-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/great-horned-owl-4175b-ron-dudley-150x125.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When old granaries eventually became too decrepit even for the owls to feel comfortable in the lumber in them was often recycled. This is a kid’s fort under construction that was partially built using recycled lumber from one of the old granaries. Owls like to perch on it at sunset.<\/p>\n<p>I’ll bet even owls enjoy the colorful view of Glacier National Park to the west. If I’d aimed my camera a little lower we may have been able to see the iconic <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chief_Mountain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Chief Mountain<\/span><\/span><\/a> in the far off distance.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1033\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/10\/great-horned-owl-fledglings-and-juveniles\/great-horned-owl-4299\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-4299.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"790,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"Peekaboo youngsters\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-4299-263x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-4299.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1033 size-full\" title=\"great-horned-owl-4299 ron dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-4299.jpg\" alt=\"Peekaboo youngsters\" width=\"790\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-4299.jpg 790w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-4299-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-4299-131x150.jpg 131w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/great-horned-owl-4299-400x455.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This granary was always called “Wayne’s Granary” because when the farm was split up in the early 1940’s my Dad took it over. This granary is one of the owl’s favorite places to nest and raise their chicks. Look carefully and you’ll see one of them peeking out at you from the interior shadows.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"84009\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/15\/great-horned-owls-and-a-tradition-of-old-granaries-on-the-farm\/building-granary-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/building-granary-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"890,853\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"building granary ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/building-granary-ron-dudley-300x288.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/building-granary-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-84009 size-full\" title=\"building-granary-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/building-granary-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/building-granary-ron-dudley.jpg 890w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/building-granary-ron-dudley-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/building-granary-ron-dudley-768x736.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/building-granary-ron-dudley-150x144.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even yours truly was part of the tradition of building granaries on the farm. Here my Dad and I were building yet another one in about 1957 when I was ten years old. The construction techniques we used were very similar to those of my grandpa Dudley and my Uncle Floyd.<\/p>\n<p>To this day I remember how terrifying it was to work on the edge of the roof and especially making the transition from that rickety old wooden ladder to the roof. And coming down was even worse, especially that first step onto the ladder. And no, in those days we didn’t use any safety gear.<\/p>\n<p>That box we see on the ground was chock full of nails when we started. Nail guns didn’t exist back then. Damn we did a lot of pounding – it’s no wonder my right arm is bigger than my left.<\/p>\n<p>My mother took this picture and she was almost as terrified for me as I was but I tried not to show my fear. I thought I was tough…<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Note: As a photographer I can’t help but notice the small contrail in the sky, even back in 1957 over relatively remote northwest Montana.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"81947\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/18\/tweaks-and-adjustments-to-my-new-blog-theme\/farm-sunrise-7304b-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/farm-sunrise-7304b-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,320\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"unknown","camera":"Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1277309607","copyright":"","focal_length":"17","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.0125","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"farm sunrise 7304b ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/farm-sunrise-7304b-ron-dudley-300x80.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/farm-sunrise-7304b-ron-dudley-1024x273.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-81947 size-full\" title=\"farm-sunrise-7304b-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/farm-sunrise-7304b-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/farm-sunrise-7304b-ron-dudley.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/farm-sunrise-7304b-ron-dudley-300x80.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/farm-sunrise-7304b-ron-dudley-1024x273.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/farm-sunrise-7304b-ron-dudley-768x205.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/farm-sunrise-7304b-ron-dudley-150x40.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Beginning in the early 1970’s wooden granaries were no longer built on the farm. Instead metal granaries and grain bins were used. Here we see a cluster of them just east of the main farmhouse at sunrise. At the left of the photo is a single older wooden granary and a metal quonset. A\u00a0 grain auger sits to the right of the metal bins.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"68554\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/25\/american-white-pelican-counting-coup\/montana-farm-4313-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/montana-farm-4313-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1100,733\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"montana farm-4313 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/montana-farm-4313-ron-dudley-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/montana-farm-4313-ron-dudley-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/montana-farm-4313-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/montana-farm-4313-ron-dudley.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/montana-farm-4313-ron-dudley-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/montana-farm-4313-ron-dudley-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/montana-farm-4313-ron-dudley-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/montana-farm-4313-ron-dudley-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/montana-farm-4313-ron-dudley-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this view of the combined farms taken from the southeast I’ve marked some of the old granaries with red arrows. I grew up in the house marked by the blue arrow. The “big granary” is indicated by the second red arrow from the left and the granary on the hill that eventually blew down is marked by the far right arrow.<\/p>\n<p>There’s a raptor nest, Ferruginous Hawk if I remember correctly, at the peak of the cone shaped mound in the foreground.<\/p>\n<p>I got carried away with this post. My original intention was to post only two photos but when the farm and my family history are involved I tend to expound perhaps a little too much. Especially when owls are part of the story.<\/p>\n<p>Now I’ve got to finish my taxes. Good hell, Ron – talk about procrastination. It’s April 15th!<\/p>\n<p>Ron<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dudleys have been building granaries on the Montana farm for at least 90 years. 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